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Duke Ellington
Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Top Filmography
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 // MOVIE
7.7
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 // MOVIE
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 // MOVIE
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943 // MOVIE
6.3
Black and Tan
1929 // MOVIE
7.5
Jazz
2001 // TV
7.0
What's My Line?
1950 // TV
6.2
Jam Session
1942 // MOVIE
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 // TV
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 // TV
6.5
The Apollo
2019 // MOVIE
6.6
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935 // MOVIE
5.8
Belle of the Nineties
1934 // MOVIE
5.5
Murder at the Vanities
1934 // MOVIE
6.0
Birth of the Blues
1941 // MOVIE